Wandering Down the Rabbit Holes of History
Patricia MorseMusings about history, memory, and how we got this way. Focus on Hyde Park, Chicago, and the experience of 20th Century America, especially during World War II. Sent out weekly (mostly). You can choose which section you follow if you don't want both.
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Exploring Jackson Park (overview)
Many people are coming to Jackson Park to see the Obama Presidential Center. There are a number of other spots there with interesting histories. This is going to be a set of links to the story behind the locations. I’ll be posting more deta...
Natural Areas and Missile Bases
I’m working up a “walking tour” post of sites to see in Jackson Park, now that folks might be visiting the Obama Presidential Center. There are many other things to see! They are all sites I’ve written up except this one—Bobolink Meadow Nat...
Streets by Any Other Name, Part II
In Part I, I explained why and how hundreds of Chicago streets changed their names between 1909 and 1913 and how one man, a family doctor in Hyde Park, managed to find names that people liked better than the one assigned from the city counc...
Streets by Any Other Name, Part I
In ancient days, I took a course on Place Names and how they reflect the history of who settled where and who mangled what in other languages. Chicago streets, however, have a more official history because order was finally imposed on chaos...
Stony Island Avenue Part III
This is a third look at the busy stretch of Stony Island Avenue where the Obama Presidential Center sits. It may have felt like a quiet residential stretch interrupted by empty lots for decades, but it wasn’t always that way.
The 1893 Worl...
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I retired and this happened--writing about the history around me and sometimes gardening. I have two substacks--one about Hyde Park Chicago History, the other about my larger project (me, my family, World War II).
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